Mertie

Last seen for girls in 1963 at #5,891

Peak · girls
1882 · 38 births
Debut · girls
18 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,830
since 1880

Mertie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Mertie has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201890peak #287, 1882girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1963#5,8916
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1956#5,9525
1955#5,8285
1954#3,9679
1953#5,0406
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1951#5,4145
1950#4,7386
1949#2,99912
1948#4,2057
1947#3,06112
1946#3,4309
1945#4,0256
1944#2,94610
1943#2,55813
1942#2,21416
1941#1,95418
1940#1,54925
1939#2,59211
1938#1,47526
1937#2,10115
1936#2,26313
1935#2,09515
1934#1,65121
1933#1,55223
1932#1,44827
1931#1,63522
1930#2,11016
1929#1,64223
1928#1,68024
1927#1,45631
1926#1,62326
1925#1,32436
1924#1,81123
1923#1,42832
1922#1,19042
1921#1,25838
1920#1,40732
1919#1,10344
1918#1,07346
1917#1,11041
1916#1,16737
1915#1,05540
1914#1,26224
1913#1,35818
1912#1,08023
1911#89823
1910#1,06917
1909#76128
1908#80923
1907#89818
1906#84519
1905#66428
1904#65328
1903#81318
1902#73422
1901#54731
1900#60534
1899#64423
1898#65025
1897#64423
1896#55330
1895#51333
1894#52730
1893#48731
1892#51028
1891#52424
1890#47530
1889#51624
1888#45829
1887#36036
1886#36534
1885#32439
1884#29542
1883#29136
1882#28738
1881#29029
1880#38818
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Mertie was already there! It came in at #388, and was given to 18 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1951–1952, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Mertie is popular in 1890

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Mertie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1963
  • Biggest jump: 171 spots in 1911 (#1,069 → #898)
  • Biggest drop: 308 spots in 1910 (#761 → #1,069)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #287 (38 births)
  • Births halved by 1903, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 31 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1880–1909
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,838
  • Highest: 1 in 2,838 girls born in 1882 were named Mertie (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 321,251 girls born in 1963 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1880s
  • 17.8% of all girls named Mertie (325) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s325#287 (1882)#357
1890s277#475 (1890)#553
1900s249#547 (1901)#733
1910s313#898 (1911)#1,118
1920s307#1,190 (1922)#1,482
1930s189#1,448 (1932)#1,892
1940s128#1,549 (1940)#2,894
1950s36#3,967 (1954)#5,157
1960s6#5,891 (1963)#5,891

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Mertie in 1890

girls
#475
30 births · 1 in 6,346 girls

Top girls' names in 1890

  1. #1Mary12,078
  2. #2Anna5,233
  3. #3Elizabeth3,112
  4. #4Margaret3,100
  5. #5Emma2,980
  6. #6Florence2,744
  7. #7Ethel2,718
  8. #8Minnie2,650
  9. #9Clara2,496
  10. #10Bertha2,388
  11. #475Mertie30
More about 1890

girls

190,377 girls got a published name in 1890; 1 in 6,346 of them was named Mertie, which outranked 69.0% of the 1,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mertie
  1. #468Lucia31
  2. #468Lucie31
  3. #468Mariah31
  4. #475Mertie30
  5. #475Adelia30
  6. #475Aline30
  7. #475Charles30
  8. #483Adella29
  9. #483Georgianna29
  10. #483Gretchen29

Tied with 7 names at #475; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. ↑ 612Electa#1,279 → #667
  2. ↑ 586Lular#1,279 → #693
  3. ↑ 548Alvena#1,147 → #599
  4. ↑ 521Prudie#1,279 → #758
  5. ↑ 505Tempie#1,147 → #642
Fallers
  1. ↓ 581Lella#757 → #1,338
  2. ↓ 581Vira#757 → #1,338
  3. ↓ 553Buena#657 → #1,210
  4. ↓ 536Roxana#802 → #1,338
  5. ↓ 499Fleda#839 → #1,338

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1890 →